Question about chinchilla bedding

[kathiva]

I recently saw an ad of someone that is selling some chins, and I noticed that in the picture he/she had for litter/bedding, these cat pellets that are made of recycled paper. It reminded me when I once got a rescue about a year ago of two females that came with the same cat litter, but I never used it because I was afraid that something could happen to the chins. So I wondered if you think that the chins would be fine with these kinds of pellets as litter for their cages or not,

I would like to know in the case I ever see someone doing that, that I can maybe warn them about it.

Here's a picture of the pellets that I am talking about

 

[tunes]

It's most likely Yesterday's News, which is safe for them for the most part, but just like with Carefresh there is the worry of ingestion. Also, I don't imagine it's all that comfy to lay down in either.

 

[kathiva]

Yeah, I know, but myself, I would rather never put this kind of litter as it is compressed and with water in tends to expand, and imagine these pellets doing that in a chin's belly.